By Peter Kenter
A Zimbabwe man has survived a “traditional healing” treatment that involved placing two vehicle wheel bearings on each of his arms, says the Bulawayo Sunday News.
Martin Mlalazi was taken to United Bulawayo Hospital after a healer instructed him to insert his arms into the metal rings as part of a prescription to cure an undisclosed ailment.
“He did this after he smeared soap on the hands and inserted them up to the arm level,” an unnamed hospital staffer told the newspaper. “He took too long to visit the hospital and the bearings were now cutting deep into the flesh and if he had delayed a bit further, the worst could have happened.’’
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Mlalazi attempted to remove the auto parts using a hacksaw and axe, but the rings only gave way after engineers from Bulawayo City Council (BCC) fire and ambulance services applied metal grinders to the hardened steel.
“That man should really thank the BCC guys because they saved him,” said the hospital source. Mlalazi told the newspaper that he was “feeling better” after the ordeal.
